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State of Missouri forces Gordon Parks Elementary School to close
The Kansas City StarOutside in the sunshine at Gordon Parks Elementary School on Thursday, someone watered a new tree on the lawn, and children in their blue school T-shirts played kickball. Inside, kindergarten teacher Gladys Groves cried over what the children did not...Tags: Arts and Culture, Poverty, Social Issues, Colleges and Universities, St. Louis
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CPS documents raise questions about closings
Making the case to close Ericson Academy on the West Side, Chicago Public Schools officials stressed that it would cost $9.6 million to fix the 51-year-old building. What they didn't point out in materials provided to parents was that they planned to...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Layoffs and Downsizing, Rahm Emanuel, Energy Saving, Teaching and Learning
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Doctor wants list of heart-shocking devices to circulate in the community
The Akron Beacon JournalA life-saving device can't keep people from dying if no one knows it's there. Automated external defibrillators -- or AEDs -- are available in schools, churches, fitness centers and other places across the community to rescue people experiencing...Tags: Heart Failure, Cardiologists, Police Arrests, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health and Medical Professionals
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RPT-FACTBOX-U.S. climate change litigation highlights
Reuters(Repeats with no changes) May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. courts have become a battleground in the ongoing public debate over how to address climate change. Some of the significant cases include: - Massachusetts v. EPA: In a landmark 2007 ruling, the Supreme...Tags: Trials, Environmental Politics, Ecosystems, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Global Change
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Fayetteville teen accused of promising local jihad not connected with Hoke County mosque
The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.A teenager who reportedly threatened to rob and kill people who did not share his radical Islamic beliefs had no affiliation with a Hoke County mosque, its board members said Wednesday. A criminal complaint filed by the FBI in U.S. District Court says a...Tags: Jihad, U.S. Military, Police Investigations, Health and Medical Professionals, Internists
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Lawuits say school closings unfair,discriminate against blacks
Tribune reporterThe Chicago Teachers Union's decision to go to court to try to stop the city from closing 53 elementary schools, while not unexpected, makes clear that the Board of Education's vote on the proposal next week will not put an end to the controversy. The...Tags: Trials, Learning Disability, Teaching and Learning, Lawyers, Chicago Teachers Union
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FACTBOX-U.S. climate change litigation highlights
ReutersMay 16 (Reuters) - U.S. courts have become a battleground in the ongoing public debate over how to address climate change. Some of the significant cases include: - Massachusetts v. EPA: In a landmark 2007 ruling, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against...Tags: Ecosystems, Environmental Politics, Trials, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Global Change
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24 Al Cesky Scholarship Fund nominees ready for banquet
Twenty-four graduating high school student-athletes, representing Harford County's 12 senior classes, will be honored at the 28th Annual Al Cesky Scholarship Fund's (ACSF) awards banquet Wednesday at the Richlin Ballroom, beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets are...Tags: Students, Schools, Human Interest, Teaching and Learning, Education
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Brazil court shelves latest trial in Dayton nun's slaying
The Dayton Daily NewsBrazil's Supreme Court has annulled the trial of a rancher convicted of ordering the 2005 murder of U.S. nun and Amazon people's advocate Dorothy Stang. The court ruled Vitalmiro Moura was not given enough time to prepare his defense in 2010 when he was...Tags: Trials, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Brazil, Justice System
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Polish city offers lifeline to struggling German neighbours
Reuters* Border city of Szczecin now economic hub for German satellites * Phenomenon challenges assumptions about rich west, poor east * Polish side of border is younger, more dynamic, has more cash * Could it be the model for future of Europe? By...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Travel, Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Services and Shopping
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Columbus school district's staffs being interviewed a 2nd time
The Columbus DispatchState investigators started a second round of interviews with dozens of teachers at most of the Columbus school district's high schools yesterday, about two weeks after police helped them seize boxes of student records from those buildings....Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Crime, Law and Justice, Students, Teaching and Learning, Lawyers
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Moraga school district settles sex abuse lawsuit for $2.85 million
The Contra Costa TimesThe Moraga School District announced Tuesday night that its insurance company had reached a $2.85 million settlement with former student Kristen Cunnane in her civil suit against the district and three former administrators over sex abuse claims....Tags: Trials, Punishment, Walnuts, Lawyers, Teaching and Learning
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